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Burnet County Bulletin (Newspaper) - September 29, 1977, Burnet, Texas No one shows for Revenue answer due wednesday funds hearing Burnet a the county commissioners have yet to find a use for approximately $30,000 of Revenue sharing funds. A special session of commissioners court was held monday morning to discuss possible uses for the Money but no one appeared with any requests or suggestions. The amount which the county receives from Federal tax revenues varies every year but county treasurer mrs. Jerry Miller reported an approximate figure of $30,465 per Quarter $121,860 per year. Mrs. Miller s books show a surplus of $30,236.56 which has not yet been allocated though at least $4,000 of that is expected to go to Road construction in commissioner Gene Clements precinct. A total of $19,200 per year goes to subsidizing fire trucks operated by Volunteer fire departments in Burnet Marble Falls Bertram Granite Shoals East Lake Buchanan Horseshoe Bay and Cassie. $6,591 goes to meals on wheels the nutrition program for the elderly. $3,000 goes to the child welfare fund $1,500 to the Hill country soil conservation District and $4,800 to Darrell Debo for next year s work on his projected Book Quot history of Burnet the Revenue sharing funds also go to the sheriff s department for autos. The commissioners agreed that some of the surplus Money should be set aside for a new county jail. The current Revenue sharing program runs until 1980. Phone company shuffle affects local facility a major reorganization within Continental Telephone company has resulted in the Burnet facility of the company becoming a service Center instead of one of the six District offices in the state. The Burnet service Center will be reporting to the Fairfield District office instead of to company Headquarters in Dallas. The reorganization will result in no reduction of personnel located at Burnet however said company spokesmen. The Center will continue to service the 15 exchanges it now services. Two other service centers which formerly reported to the Burnet District office Floresville and Whitney now also report to the Fairfield District office. Former service Center supervisor in Burnet Jim Arnold who has left the company has not yet been replaced in Burnet although officials indicate that a replace Burnet Cycle wreck victim recovering Austin miss Rachel Curington who was injured last Friday in a motorcycle Auto mishap in Burnet is reported doing Quot just Fine Quot in Brackenridge Hospital Here. Miss Curington 17, suffered a broken shoulder and three Breaks in her left leg and internal injuries when the motorcycle she was Riding As a passenger met a car head on when the car turned left in front of the Cycle on Highway 29 in the City. She was initially taken to Brackenridge to the intensive care unit but was moved later to a room where she continues in satisfactory condition. Witnesses at the scene reported that the helmet she was wearing was split open Quot like an egg Burnet chief of police Jess Madden said miss Curington owed her life to the helmet. Ment is Quot imminent Quot and that a local person is the prime candidate for the position. Company president James f. Miles announced that Quot by the end of 1977 the company will Complete a series of organizational changes which will enable us to become More customer service according to or. Miles Quot we will change from the traditional Telephone company vertical organization to a Structure which focuses our resources on providing better service to our customers. Under this customer service concept All functions that directly affect our customers will come under the direction of a single customer service manager. This will result in better coordination of All the Many functions that contribute to Quality Telephone Miles went on to say Quot in addition to the establishment of the customer service department we Are making a number of other changes consistent with the service concept. A network services department will be responsible for Central office maintenance toil facilities extended area service facilities traffic operator functions and traffic administration a and a network design department will assume responsibility for All engineering and construction Quot to provide us with the Levels of supervision we need and to allow us to take better advantage of available management Talent Quot Miles said Quot we Are creating an additional level of management at the District level. Quot however we Are reducing the number of districts from six to three thereby expanding the scope of our new District Miles continued Quot the three new districts. Eastern Central and Western districts will be nearly equal in size number of employees and construction activity for the next few Central District Headquarters will locate in Fairfield while the Western District office will occupy facilities in Andrews. Eastern District Headquarters will be located in facilities now under construction in Crockett. Company president Miles made the following key personnel announcements to be general service manager is Norman gum who has been the Southwest division general facilities manager since october 1975. Gum has held a variety of management positions with the Continental system since 1963 and prior to that owned and operated the Mulberry Telephone company in Mulberry Grove Illinois. The general network services manager will be or. . Hagen who is currently serving As Southwest division s general traffic manager. Since graduating from Texas Abi University in 1964 with a degree in electrical engineering or. Hagen has been a telephony professional. Beginning with the Bell system he progressed through several Levels of management while becoming a traffic expert. James r. Wisbauer who has been serving As Southwest divisions chief Engineer since 1972, will be the general network design manager. Wisbauer s career spans 18 years in telephony with a Strong background in construction and planning. Buchanan dam the Board of directors of the Buchanan Community Center Volunteer fire department inc., was scheduled to meet last night wednesday at the red barn Community Center to announce their decision concerning a request made by representatives of the Buchanan dam Volun Teer fire department for the acc Mfd to change their name the by Mfd had asked the acc Mfd to drop Quot Volunteer fire department Quot from their name to read Only Buchanan Community Center inc. The directors promised by Mfd an answer after Sam Logan made the formal request on behalf of by Mfd. Prior to the wednesday meeting acc Mfd would not give any clue As to their decision on the matter Logan told the. Bulletin he had no idea what the final outcome would be the schism Between the two groups has been patched and reopened at least once in the past two a ninth the charter for acc Mfd states that the red barn group it responsible for providing a building and equipment for the operation of a Volunteer fir department. The by Mfd. Members of which have been Active in fighting fires with the four firetrucks at the red barn Are asking that Bic Mfd recognize their charter and help them to build a fireproof building alongside the red barn. Bus principal cuff Vandeventer watches. During Lait Friday night s Gam Between the bulldogs end Bastrop the bulldogs have an open Dele this weekend. See sports Section by bulldog band members recovering. Vague memories of heat Hospital ambulance recounted i by Miles Hawthorne Burnet a the bulldog band is for the most part recovered from its fainting spell which overtook the musicians after their halftime performance in Bastrop Friday night. Band master Lewis Phelps says that most of the students who fell ill at the Bastrop game Are Back in school and attending practice while some who weren t hospitalized Are now ill. Rhonda Ryan was one of the band members who passed out in the muggy heat. After experiencing a relapse Early in the week she said that her doctor attributed the fainting to heat exhaustion something which affects different people in different ways. Some of the symptoms Are headaches chills nausea faint ing stomach cramps and difficulty in breathing. The warm weather Wool uniforms fur hats and strenuous physical activity Are thought to have combined to bring Down the band members. Heat exhaustion tires out the system and while some of the musicians did not require medical attention Friday night they later finally got worn Down enough to feel the effects. Woody Diamond another of the band members who sue combed Friday night said he first Felt dizzy then Light headed then passed out and went into convulsions. His was one of the most severe reactions to the heat and when he had a relapse sunday night a doctor thought it Best to keep him in the Hospital overnight for observation. He s now out of Sickbay and says he feels much better. Burnet High school principal band during the halftime show Robin Burton when asked to recount what happened said Quot i Don t remember really what happened but i can Tell you what other people told she was feeling a Little dizzy while the band was marching and As she came off the Field and took off her hat things started to yet a bit hazy. After that it s vague memories of being helped out of tier coat and taken to the school building then of other students coming in sick then the ambulance and Hospital she was held for awhile at the Hospital in Burnet before being driven Home later in the evening. A i Don t remember really what happened bulldog Bano twirlers karts mus assess left and Lyes Weyburn him and skid Haddock 1177 dram major Cliff Vandeventer speculates that the heat and nervousness combined to sicken the students a but then i m no doctor Quot he said Quot too hot too soon Quot is How one doctor put it. There was some speculation that the convulsions and difficulty in breathing was caused by Carbon monoxide poisoning from the bus fumes but that was ruled out because it was thought More of the band members would have Felt ill sooner. Four of the students were feeling poorly before halftime and did t March with the rest of the site too had a relapse though in her Case it was during school monday Robin also remembers the symptoms gagging dizziness and difficulty in breathing with no varsity football game scheduled for this week the band will get the weekend off. Hopefully the weather will Cool off some before they take to the Field again but in any Case they should be More accustomed now to the Rigours of Showtime and the warning signs should be plenty familiar ,. Probably More familiar than some care to remember

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